Improvement in collar and hame attachments



Y A. CA'RLIN.

Collar and Hame Attachment.

No. 220,804. Patented Oct. 21,1879.

'0, upon the outer point of the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ASA OARLIN,OF STONES PRAIRIE, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT lN COLLAR AND HAME ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 220,804., datedOctober 21, 1879; application filed September 6, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AsA OARLIN, of Stones Prairie, in the county ofBarry and State of Missouri, have "invented a new and valuableImprovement in Collar and Hame Attachments; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is afull, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, andto the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a'representation of an under-side plan viewof my invention, and Fig. 2 is an end view.

This invention relates to attachments for horse collars and hames; andthe object thereof is to provide a simple, durable, and cheapattachment, capable of being quickly fastened to the hames, and also offirmly holding them to the collar, the said attachment being alsoprovided with connections for a snaphook to be attached to the ring of apolechain, or to the loop at the outer end of the pole, theinventionbeing intended for double harness; and the invention consists in theconstruction of the attachment, as will be hereinafter described, andsubsequently pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a collar-snap, constructed ofmetal of suitable thickness in its several parts, so as to render itvery durable, and not likely to become broken by any strain, the saidsnap fitting the collar at or near the breast, where it is rigidlyfastened by means of the flat hinged plate B passing over the saidcollar, and which may be lengthened by the position of the link a in thegrooves Z) in an elevation, snap A, this spring-plate, links in theelevation being covered with a d, for the purpose of holding grooves.

Fastened in depressions in the collar-snap A, at its outer side ends,are springsnaps e e, for the purpose of securing the ha-mes firmly tothe collar, the hooks on the outer ends of the snaps c e engaging withthe eyes at the lower ends of the hames, and the said springsnaps may beprovided with square links f, of ordinary construction, for the purposeof adjustment to hames ofdifi'erent lengths.

another eye-shaped elevation,

At the lower and center portion of the collar-snap is an elevation, g,in the form of an eye, in which is placed a ring, it, for the purpose ofholding a pole-snap, D, which may be of various lengths to suit theparticular use for which it is designed.

Upon the inner point of the collar-snap is 70, in which a ring is placedto receive the strap which extends to the belly-band or surcingle of theharness.

It will be seen by the foregoing description that I provide anattachment for a horse-collar simple and cheap in its construction anddurable in its use, by which the hames may be rigidly secured to thesaid collar, and the connections of this attachment, for the purpose ofholding the pole-snap and breast-strap of the harness, allow of a greatsaving in time and labor in putting together and fastening the harnessof a horse.

The back face of the plate or attachment A is preferably provided With aridge, l, which fits into the groove in the collar. The attachment isapplied to the lowerend of the collar, to which it is secured by theflat hinged plate B. The outer end of the snap-hook D is attached to theloop at the end of the pole, or to the ring at the end of the usualpole-chain employed, and the snaps e are sprung into the hame-eyes atthe lower end of the hames.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The collar and hame attachment A, having the adjustable hinged plateB, adjustable hame fastenings, and the snap-hook D, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the metal snap A, having the grooved elevationsc and eyeshaped elevations g k, of the flat hinge B, spring-snap e 0,ring h, and pole-snap D, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

' ASA OARLIN.

Witnesses THOS. OARLIN, H. M. DooKERY.

